9 JULY
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
1961

FOREST LORE OF THE MAORI
By Elsdon Best
DOMINION MUSEUM BULLETIN No. 14
421 p. 1977. $17.95 plus $1.25 p & p
Printed without textual alteration, the work provides an important basis for any study of old-time Maori economics and perhaps more important of his attitude to what was a major part of his environment. It will be of more of general interest today than when first written, since it stresses so fully the uses made by the Maori people of their natural resources, and supplies basic materials for further studies in ethnobotany and ethnozoology. The reverence which the old time Maori showed towards natural resources mirrors the modern concern for ecological principles.

GAMES AND PASTIMES OF THE MAORI
By Elsdon Best.
(National Museum Bulletin No. 8), 1976 Reprint
334 p. $17 plus $1.25 p & p
First published in 1925 this bulletin is one of the series originally written by Elsdon Best, and has been reprinted without textual alteration.

Elsdon Best described it as “An account of various exercises, games, and pastimes of the natives of New Zealand, as practised in former times; including some information concerning their vocal and instrumental music”.

Includes an account of musical instruments and Maori song together with games and pastimes of a relaxing nature as well as those involved in ritual and training.

Contents include: Military exercises and games, Aquatic games, Children’s games, Introduced games, Maori songs and Musical instruments.

GLASSHOUSE TOMATOES—Agriculture Bulletin 3370
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
86 p. 1978. $3.25 plus 45c p & p
The present text replaces earlier editions of the bulletin. Important factors to consider when establishing a tomato-growing glasshouse, are lighting, soil type, site, water supply, shelter, and proximity to a market. These as well as general cultural practices are dealt with in this bulletin.

THE GEOLOGY OF NEW ZEALAND
Edited by R. P. Suggate, et al.
820 p. 1978. $92.50 plus $4.00 p & p
The definitive work on New Zealand geology, this superbly produced 820-page 2-volume set has been written by some 38 specialists, under the editorship of three of New Zealand’s most eminent geologists. The Geology of New Zealand is illustrated with over 370 photographs in colour and monochrome, and with more than 200 maps and line diagrams. A comprehensive supplement is included, incorporating all available new information up to the time of printing, together with five indexes.

GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING IN NEW ZEALAND
By David A. Preston
108 p. 1980. $9.75 plus 70c p & p
This book will be of particular interest to those whose daily occupations bring them into contact with the Government financial system; notably Government officials, journalists, members of Parliament, accountants in business, and the general commercial community, as well as academics and students. The text has, however, also been written with the general reader in mind.

GROWING, SHARING, LEARNING
J. G. JOHNSON, Chairman
120 p. 1977. $3.95 plus 45c p & p
The Report of the Committee on Health and Social Education which was set up in 1976 to:
(a) Identify the conditions under which healthy growth and development may be fostered in schools.
(b) To make recommendations on the studies and activities that should constitute school programmes, organisation, and relationships.

Department of Education.

INVESTMENT ISSUE
By Donald T. Brash, et al.
NEW ZEALAND PLANNING COUNCIL No. 16.
86 p. 1980. $6.75 plus 70c p & p
Recently, investment has been very low, compared with that prevailing from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s. If we are to take advantage of the opportunities for development before us, there will have to be a resurgence of fixed investment for the next few years. It is needed in plant, machinery, and equipment for the development of our energy resources.

JOINT COMMITTEE REPORTS ON YOUNG OFFENDERS
1975.
Resulting from a major longitudinal study into the social adjustment of New Zealand boys, the following reports seek to answer the question: “To what extent is it possible to predict from specific information collected at the age of ten those boys who will later become delinquent or show other signs of maladjustments”.

RESEARCH REPORT No. 1 $2.75
The Structure of the Bristol Social Adjustment Guide.

RESEARCH REPORT No. 2 $1
The Effects of Race and Socio-Economic Status on Juvenile Offending Statistics.

RESEARCH REPORT No. 3 $3
The Prediction of Juvenile Offending: A New Zealand Study.

LAND ALONE ENDURES
DSIR Discussion Paper No. 3
286 p. 1980. $12 plus $1.25 p & p
This discussion document comes at the start of a decade of significant national development and, hence, of changes in land use. “Land use” like “Energy” will be of key importance during the 1980s as New Zealand moves to diversify its primary production, develop its resources of minerals and energy, and conserve its flora and fauna.

LAND USE POLICIES
STUDIES IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: No. 21
185 p. 1976. $5 plus 45c p & p
Land Use Policies is an up-to-the-minute publication resulting from the NZIPA Convention of 1975. Contributors include the Hon. D. MacIntyre, then Minister of Maori Affairs and Agriculture; the Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Ministers of Agriculture, Forests, Lands, and Science for the previous Government; the Commissioner for the Environment; the Assistant Director-General of Lands; the Head of the Urban Research Unit of Canberra; and many others. Topics range from land tenure systems to the history of the development of land use policies to the public acquisition of land for urban development. To assist readers each contribution is accompanied by a short summary. In addition most are also followed by a commentary and an edited record of the convention discussion of the paper.

LIVING LETTERS
STATE SERVICES COMMISSION
36 p. 1980 reprint. $1.75 plus 45c p & p
One of the aims in letter writing is to get ideas across to the reader clearly and briefly. But do letters always say what is meant? Even if they are clear to the writer, will the reader understand them easily? If you are still using the old clichés of “acknowledging receipt of”, “according to our records”, and “enclosed please find” it is almost certainly time to change your attitude to writing living letters.